How quickly things change these days. When we, and everyone we knew, went into quarantine, people were scared but were rather enjoying binge-watching TV and ordering in from restaurants. But as time went on, boredom crept in and people became frustrated by being stuck at home and not knowing how long this would last. Most people I know quit ordering in because it was just too expensive. I really noticed the difference when we moved into the third month. Everyone has been looking for distractions. I decided that when I can get enough ingredients together, I will cook for friends. Last week I made a vat of taco mac and cheese for one group and they ate it for a week. Yesterday, I made lasagna for 4 other groups.
This lasagna is huge. It's about 6 inches high. I was able to split this up and everyone got enough for several meals.
I put meatballs in it too which made it even more substantial.
It turned out to be one very flavorful lasagna.
One of my friends is crazy about my salt rise bread so over the course of a few days, I baked her 5 loaves.
I baked Italian bread too.
I gave it to them with tubs of garlic scape butter.
I filled boxes with the food and some other treats. My daughter baked them cakes and made some chocolate candies with fresh berries.
I am always cooking and baking and giving food away but I haven't found recipients to be quite as gleeful as my quarantine friends. There's not much I can do right now except for this and it helps to break up the boredom for a short while for a few people.
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Goddess Bless your Hearth and Home!!